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Evening Star, Issue 24916, 14 July 1943, Page 2

The Canteen Board announces that members of the 2nd N.Z.E.F. at present on furlough* will have the facility w procuring for their personal consumption smokers' requisites in military establishments throughout New, Zealand and from the canteen stores in Auckland. Palmefston North, Wellington, Blenheim, Christchurch, and Duiiedin.

Earlier marriage was put forward by speakers at the Wellington Diocesan Synod to-day as a counter to sexual laxity- With few dissentients the Synod expressed alarm at the present tendency to late marriage and a falling birtli rate. The Synod urged all members of the Church for both moral and national reasons to do all in their power to encourage early matrimony, .and requested the Provincial Committee for Public and Social .Affairs to consider possible action in the matter. The committee is a national Anglican body. An indication that the Gardens Business Association is still a Very active organisation in fostering the welfare or the district was given when the annual social was held this week, there being an attendance of over 120 people. Music, cards, and dancing filled in a very pleasant evening. The manager of the Dunedin Savings Bank yesterday received the following telegra'm from'Mr W; L. Ward, chairman of the National War Loan Committee:—"The National War Loan Committee expresses its warm appreciation and grateful thanks to all offle-Ts of your bank who worked so hard for the success of the Third Liberty Loajn. The committee realises that the outstanding success achieved was due in no small measure |o the part played by them."

Owing to adverse weather the Union Airways liner did not leave Christ-, church for Dunedin yesterday afternoon, but returned to Wellington this morning. The service to Dunedin v.fts resumed to-day, and the plane from the north was expected to arrive on schedule time.

In an appeal case before the Man Power Committee to-day a witness Stated that scheelite, which is now purchased !by Britain from the New Zealand Government, was worth £SOO a ton.

The question of delivery of a notice was under consideration at this morning's sitting of the Industrial Mini Power Appeal Committee, the departmental records showing that it had been sent out on May 29. Counsel for the appellant produced the notice, showing bv the date stamp on the envelope that it had not been posted until June 5. The chairman remarked that there was only a very remote chance of the date stamp of' the Post Office being wrong.